The founder of the festival event deemed a disaster by several customers who showed up to discover the grounds almost empty is now being accused of providing fraudulent tickets to some of the most star-studded events of the year. Billy McFarland has yet to be sentenced the in Fyre Festival debacle that led to a number of civil lawsuits. Customers expected the 2017 event in the Bahamas to have electricity, private bathrooms and concerts but arrived to find litter, tents haphazardly situated and no real direction as to where anyone should go. Now, McFarland is facing one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. He’s accused of selling around $100,000 in fake tickets for events such as the Met Ball, NBA Finals, Super Bowl LII, the Grammy Awards and Coachella to name a few. Buzzfeed News reported that New York federal prosecutors are saying McFarland was selling the fraudulent tickets as early as March, not long after he pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud for scamming around $26 million from investors and vendors of the Frye Festival. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said McFarland hasn’t stopped conducting criminal behavior since being charged in the Fyre Festival incident. "It is apparent that he did not stop there," FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. said. "Today's charges depict our intolerance for such fraudulent activity, and we will continue to diligently investigate acts such as this."

The founder of the festival event deemed a disaster by several customers who showed up to discover the grounds almost empty is now being accused of providing fraudulent tickets to some of the most star-studded events of the year.

Billy McFarland has yet to be sentenced the in Fyre Festival debacle that led to a number of civil lawsuits. Customers expected the 2017 event in the Bahamas to have electricity, private bathrooms and concerts but arrived to find litter, tents haphazardly situated and no real direction as to where anyone should go.

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Now, McFarland is facing one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. He’s accused of selling around $100,000 in fake tickets for events such as the Met Ball, NBA Finals, Super Bowl LII, the Grammy Awards and Coachella to name a few.

Buzzfeed News reported that New York federal prosecutors are saying McFarland was selling the fraudulent tickets as early as March, not long after he pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud for scamming around $26 million from investors and vendors of the Frye Festival.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said McFarland hasn’t stopped conducting criminal behavior since being charged in the Fyre Festival incident.

"It is apparent that he did not stop there," FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. Sweeney Jr. said. "Today's charges depict our intolerance for such fraudulent activity, and we will continue to diligently investigate acts such as this."